Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2020

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( 200 on Wikipedia ), or another dating site/app ( over 1500 in the USA ). Business risks are not just development risks. Training and coaching. Based on ROI, incentives should be developed for all participants. Value creation.

Coach 144

Coach Metrics Social Network Competition 144

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

This is a service delivery model that provides the capability to lease the hardware, operating systems, storage, and network capacity over the Internet. It allows startups to rent virtualized servers and associated services needed to develop, test, and run applications. Social Media. Business Process as a Service (BPaaS).

Technology 133

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 133

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

Switch your attention from product development to sales. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Delivering a superlative experience is the only way to get truly loyal clients, repeat business, and expansion through social networks.

Sales 147

Sales Metrics Guide Startup 147

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2022

On the other end of the spectrum are companies that fell behind the curve and may never recover, including MySpace for social networking, Yahoo with online ads, and Groupon with discounts for group purchasing. Over time, however, a continuous growth company needs a trained and dedicated support team.

Startup 106

Startup Pricing Cloud Computing Custom 106

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

We hired a head of technology, a head of customer service, a head of marketing, a head of strategy (which no startup should ever hire) a CFO and, ugh, 33 developers. On the other hand, I had never had to do the detailed work to get an intuitive feel for what customers wanted or how to train and service them. We raised just $500k.

Startup 299

Startup Venture Capital Technical Review Training 299

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2020

On the other end of the spectrum are companies that fell behind the curve and may never recover, including MySpace for social networking, Yahoo with online ads, and Groupon with discounts for group purchasing. Over time, however, a continuous growth company needs a trained and dedicated support team.

Pricing 123

Pricing Cloud Computing Custom Customer 123

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Los Angeles has seen its own startup scene develop with Silicon Beach, which stretches between Santa Monica and Playa Vista. Even the UK has its own version of Silicon Beach off the southern coast of England, a region supported by local governments and universities to accelerate the growth and development.

Social Network 111

Social Network Social Media Press Technical Review 111

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

We could still deliver applicants and deliver passive job seekers to a company, but we could also delivery applicants that already understood what the cultur of the company was, and be able to measure the kind of footprint people were making on a social network. That's been very effective.

Content 193

Content Social Network Coach Help 193

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2016

Most begin by doing the product development, marketing and sales alone, but struggle making the transition to hiring and coaching others, defining repeatable processes and focusing on future strategy. For example, there once was a social network called Friendster , often credited with starting the social networking boom way back in 2002.

Social Network 59

Social Network Startup Demand Entrepreneur 59

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2018

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( over 200 exist ), or another dating site (over 2500 in the US alone). Business risks are not just development risks. Training and coaching. Based on ROI, incentives should be developed for all participants. Value creation.

Entrepreneur 64

Entrepreneur Coach Metrics Competition 64

socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2020

They still have all of these clients who want to learn from them, want to continue to train and work out, and instead of putting their content up for freeon a social platform, we can now let them upload different workouts and videos, and set a price for what they cost. What drove your decision to launch earlier due to this pandemic?

Help 113

Help Commerce Platform Orange County 113

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

This is a service delivery model that provides the capability to lease the hardware, operating systems, storage, and network capacity over the Internet. It allows startups to rent virtualized servers and associated services needed to develop, test, and run applications. Social Media. Business Process as a Service (BPaaS).

Technology 86

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 86

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2015

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( over 200 active ), or another dating site (now over 2500 in the US alone). Business risks are not just development risks. Training and coaching. Value creation.

Entrepreneur 101

Entrepreneur Startup Coach Metrics 101

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Switch your attention from product development to sales. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Delivering a superlative experience is the only way to get truly loyal clients, repeat business, and expansion through social networks.

Startup 97

Startup Sales Metrics Guide 97

SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

Southern California 150

Southern California CTO Coach CTO Hire Social Media 150

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2016

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( over 200 active ), or another dating site (over 2500 in the US alone). Business risks are not just development risks. Training and coaching. Based on ROI, incentives should be developed for all participants. Value creation.

Coach 64

Coach Metrics Competition Ideas 64

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

One of those is Hollywood-based FilmBreak (www.filmbreak.com), which is applying the world of social networking, media, and the Internet to help film-makers gain access to the analytics and insights they need to better market their films. That's great training for the startup world. It's all about execution.

Hollywood 256

Hollywood CTO Hire Social Media Platform 256

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

On the other end of the spectrum are companies that fell behind the curve and may never recover, including MySpace for social networking, Yahoo with online ads, and maybe even Groupon with discounts for group purchasing. Over time, however, a continuous growth company needs a trained and dedicated support team.

Startup 116

Startup Pricing Cloud Computing Custom 116

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2015

This is a service delivery model that provides the capability to lease the hardware, operating systems, storage, and network capacity over the Internet. It allows startups to rent virtualized servers and associated services needed to develop, test, and run applications. Social Media. Business Process as a Service (BPaaS).

Startup 107

Startup Cloud Computing Social Media Entrepreneur 107

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

The training becomes “adaptive.&#. Especially for their stage of development. Xobni “Social plug-in for Microsoft Outlook&# – As Enrique Gutierrez said on Twitter today, Xobni is “ the best damn thing ever for Outlook.&# Here’s the thing. The build “implicit social networks.&#

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

million for a social networking site 18 months ago. It was 2003 and I was training for a marathon so I was in great shape (yes, I know this was YEARS ago but I did complete it in 3:57). Within the first 5 minutes of the meeting we had discussed that I was training for a marathon. You raised $1.5 Small story.

Venture Capital 264

Venture Capital Startup Training Sales 264

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2017

This is a service delivery model that provides the capability to lease the hardware, operating systems, storage, and network capacity over the Internet. It allows startups to rent virtualized servers and associated services needed to develop, test, and run applications. Social Media. Business Process as a Service (BPaaS).

Cloud Computing 61

Cloud Computing Startup Social Media Networking 61

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Every business needs to develop a revenue model even before a product. This doesn’t work well with “nice to have” offerings, like social networks, but does work for new drugs and medical devices that solve critical health problems. Expect extra costs for development, testing, documentation, and support.

Pricing 66

Pricing Custom Customer Advertising 66

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

On the other end of the spectrum are companies that fell behind the curve and may never recover, including MySpace for social networking, Yahoo with online ads, and maybe even Groupon with discounts for group purchasing. Over time, however, a continuous growth company needs a trained and dedicated support team.

Pricing 105

Pricing Cloud Computing Custom Customer 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

This is a service delivery model that provides the capability to lease the hardware, operating systems, storage, and network capacity over the Internet. It allows startups to rent virtualized servers and associated services needed to develop, test, and run applications. Social Media. Business Process as a Service (BPaaS).

Cloud Computing 99

Cloud Computing Social Media Entrepreneur Networking 99

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Switch your attention from product development to sales. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Delivering a superlative experience is the only way to get truly loyal clients, repeat business, and expansion through social networks.

Startup 108

Startup Sales Metrics Entrepreneur 108

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 16, 2011

This is where she first developed sales skills. For women - &# Don’t get off the train completely when you have children. After seeing “The Social Network&# there is an increased attitude amongst this generation (of women) that … why not go into startups? She doubled her salary by going into sales.

Startup 311

Startup Sales Venture Capital Entrepreneur 311

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2018

On the other end of the spectrum are companies that fell behind the curve and may never recover, including MySpace for social networking, Yahoo with online ads, and Groupon with discounts for group purchasing. Over time, however, a continuous growth company needs a trained and dedicated support team.

Pricing 52

Pricing Cloud Computing Custom Customer 52

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2014

This doesn’t work well with “nice to have” offerings, like social networks, but does work for new drugs and medical devices that solve critical health problems. In this model, the product is given away for free and the customers are charged for installation, customization, training or other services. Subscription model.

Startup 114

Startup Pricing Custom Customer 114

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Switch your attention from product development to sales. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Delivering a superlative experience is the only way to get truly loyal clients, repeat business, and expansion through social networks.

Startup 56

Startup Sales Metrics Guide 56

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Switch your attention from product development to sales. These only come with the proper training, investment in tools, and focus on customer relationships. Delivering a superlative experience is the only way to get truly loyal clients, repeat business, and expansion through social networks.

Sales 96

Sales Metrics Startup Entrepreneur 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2013

This doesn’t work well with “nice to have” offerings, like social networks, but does work for new drugs and medical devices that solve critical health problems. In this model, the product is given away for free and the customers are charged for installation, customization, training or other services. Subscription model.

Pricing 116

Pricing Product Custom Customer 116

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2012

In this model, the product is given away for free and the customers are charged for installation, customization, training or other services. This doesn’t work well with “nice to have” offerings, like social networks, but does work for new drugs that solve critical health problems. Product is free, but you pay for services.

Pricing 112

Pricing Competition Custom Customer 112

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2010

In this model, the product is given away for free and the customers are charged for installation, customization, training or other services. This doesn’t work well with “nice to have” offerings, like social networks, but does work for new drugs that solve critical health problems. Product is free, but you pay for services.

Pricing 98

Pricing Product Startup Competition 98

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2010

Reputation Defender claims to have trained and expert online reputation advocates who use an array of proprietary techniques developed in-house to correct and/or completely remove the selected unwanted content from the web. They admit the process is still labor intensive, and their efforts are sometimes fruitless.

Content 49

Content Web Technical Review Innocal 49

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

You could create a business process design Genie, and announce it through public relations or social networking efforts, and direct them to a login page. Instead of writing a book, we wanted to develop a platform to bring our methods to life, and scale our knowledge. For an educator, it helps to bring classroom training to life.

Geni 100

Geni Web Guide Platform 100

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Productive Programming - Gabriel Weinberg , August 31, 2010 BIG disclaimer: I'm not formally trained in computer science (aside from two classes at MIT in 2000) and I haven't worked closely with that many programmers or teams (maybe 10 or so). Social gaming was naturally one of the key topics, covered in many presentations. Developer.

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191